Contrasting cardiopulmonary responses to incremental exercise in patients with schistosomiasis-associated and idiopathic pulmonary arterial hypertension with similar resting hemodynamic impairment.

It has been reported that schistosomiasis-associated PAH (Sch-PAH) has a more benign clinical course compared with idiopathic PAH (IPAH). We therefore hypothesized that Sch-PAH subjects would present with less impaired cardiopulmonary and metabolic responses to exercise than IPAH patients, even with...

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Main Authors: Fabricio Martins Valois, Luiz Eduardo Nery, Roberta Pulcheri Ramos, Eloara Vieira Machado Ferreira, Celia Camelo Silva, Jose Alberto Neder, Jaquelina Sonoe Ota-Arakaki
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Language:EN
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2014
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Online Access:https://doaj.org/article/dd146f79fd1543309b43bb7f2223a4db
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